The first steps in being Borged

As time went on there was a lot 'under the hood' most people didn't know about, and Must Consult Someone Else certified Eggspurts did.

Must Consult Someone Else (Microsoft Certified) Eggspurts really didn't know anything beyond the 'Help' key and if more people clicked the Help Key there would have been far less of them. But as 99% of the population was Computer illiterate and didn't know a microchip from a banana chip, did what they were told.

Users learned to become Computer Friendly.

Users learned to deal with 'defaults' because changing them was always problematic. They learned how to reorganise their thought processes to conform to the way the computer 'thought'.

The Borging is Complete

As time passed people evolved to become more and more Computer friendly, shutting down those synapses in their brains which allowed for original thought. They began to think like a computer, creating protocols which were unquestionable.

Pre-computer the chief engineer could speak to the manager and say;

"I know I took my two weeks vacation last month, but my brother is getting married and I have to travel abroad for the wedding. Just give me unpaid leave."

And the Manager would say, "Tell him congratulations."

Post-computer the Manager would reply; "Bad Command or File Name." since employees are only given two weeks paid vacation a year and as this employee wants another vacation, although unpaid, that would offend the rule of two weeks paid vacation a year.

Pre-Computer the Manager would be able to say; "G.K won't be here for a week, he's going to his brother's wedding in Canada."

Post-Computer the Manager will say; "Where is G.K.? Call G.K."

The Assembly of Borg would reply; "We called G.K. but his phone goes to Voice Mail."

The Advance of the Borg

Overtime many C.E.O.s came to the realisation that it would be cheaper to buy computer software to do jobs previously done by people.

Instead of a human doing billing this would be done via a computer. Hence a data entry clerk need merely type in the amount owed and the bill would go out. If the bill was not paid by X date the disconnection crew would go out and disconnect.

It was simple.

Of course, the person getting that $56,990.00 bill for electricity would not find it easy to get a correction. He would bounce from one office to another, speaking to mind dead wet ware, the date for payment would pass, the computer would alert the disconnection crew. They would go out, cut off the utility. The customer would then go through a rigamarole to get it turned back on, have to pay a reconnection fee. He would receive no bills for six months, then be disconnected again for non-payment.

This is just a common example of how software applications execute functions.